Improvement in inkstands



J. OESTERLING.

INKSTAND Fatented May 9, '1876.

N-PETERS. FHOTD-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN OESTERLING, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN |NKSTAND S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,149, dated May 9, 1876; application filed February 17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN OESTERLING, of Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Inkstands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective of an inkstand embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts wherever they occur.

My invention relates to the manufacture of glass inkstands.

I will now proceed to describe my invention, so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may apply the same.

A indicates the base, having cavities a a, for the reception of the ink-cups B B, and provided with lugs orprojections c c, which con-' stitute a rack i'or'the reception of pen-holders, pencils, and like articles. B B are ink-cups, titted to the cavities a a, and, if preferred, provided with a flange, b, which may support the cup within the cavity. If not provided'with the flange, the cups B B will project slightly above the base A, so as to steady the cover. 0 G are cups, which may be employed as sponge, sand, or wafer cups, or paper-weight, the under surfaces or bottoms of said cups 0 0 being shaped to form the coversof the ink-cups B B,

thus combining with the covers an article or articles of special utility, which obviates. the

tendency to lnislay the cover at the time of using the stand.

Thisinkstand is formed of glass, pressed up in the usual manner, and any desired shape and rests firmly upon the table orsurface on which it is placed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The pressed-glass inkstand, having the base A, ink-cup B, and combined cup and cover 0,

substantially as and for the purpose specified. In testimony whereof I, the said JOHN OESTERLING, have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN OESTERLING.

Witnesses:

W. H. BRINTON, WM. GoRING. 

